National Congress of Parents & Teachers

Overview

Mission

PTA's mission is to make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. For more than 120 years, National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA) has worked toward bettering the lives of (Continued on Sch O)every child in education, health, and safety. Founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, National PTA is a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. The PTA's nationwide network provides parents with the forum and tools to collectively influence the decisions that affect children not only at their schools, but also throughout their districts, within their states, and across the nation. This mission is unique to PTA.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 77
• Transparency & Controls: 73
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 50
• Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $18.6M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $471K · 38 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $829K reported
• Consistency: 36 of 38 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 23 filed related-organization links
• Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
• People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 13/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.